New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-21
nANCING TO HELP THE POOR.
rup CHARITY BALL A GREAT SUCCESS
rur METROPOLITAN

v,u,rANT THRONa AT THE mhi"0 o
o,vpA uoUsE-BANDsoMx CosICmLo.
Tar, night the Metropolitan opera hou,o - ~. rs.r
mo NewYorkers but ono ngn' III .ao !V~
econe ma pu which the wealthy and iashohaoio
ane ~ city have long delighted to favor WIN 'o
Pano. was in progress and with promise Vi
q. ,r e,cess Of the balls OF years gone n.y. ,,no
a. 10 o'clock drew near there was genera "a
carriages along the uptown streets ana a'enu.' ~
,n'o VII society with accord began W WI
- from many points toward the ope'" - |
W. - and down Fifthaye. hurried the carrias's
~. ,n,r burden. of expectant guests ana the go
,,,.. n, carriages along the west SIDE OF nc
md south Of the Opera House, stre'cheu oi'''
or every moment 1850 x,on the doors
vas ,, tho early corners who were unramlar
-, ~, ars NJ large public balls had the VAN MUS" "
.nomseIyes 1t was nearly 10 O'CLOCK "hen ". -
.,r,v walked up, and it was an hour iaie' peAoo
,n,se ~ the brilliant scene which was " INV"
-o,tinue for several hours longer. Az ias' "io -
ras Of people were assembled. the musicians "elo 49,
- an tho Galleries and everything was feau9 ioi
49, no,,no march, which is a leading fea'uie VI .">
CHARITY Ball When this part OF the pios' .sa %,
arrie6 ont with the dignity and ceremon' ,.s
a, the long line OF couples soon pfeahs in'o Inc 49,
varied only by occasional quhain' y, ,o., Sonoo
nurs slip on past midnight and sui Oh ti 'ne ''
-, I'D ia reached and guests one by one start LOT
their homes ,,,,. .s.moto 70
Three thousand people would be moderate esunao W
,u upon the number of guests who hed the boxes anu
, mon the floor or danced and promenaded while the
.n was at its height There WAS not vacant box OF
cat 70 he seen and many times the dancing floor was
oudad Bernstein and Gilmore alternated with their
furnishing excellent music for the promenade
anddancng; supper was atracu'ey tne coh
many present seemed happy and none was found 10 com
,lain thai his ancipaOns Of pleasant evening had not
been realized 1t worth more than ordinary grath
cation that as the ball drew close the managers were
able to feel that the last Charity Ball was In no way be-
hind the thirty others which had preceded it.
The interior of the Opera House was brilliant IN the
extreme No attempt had been made at elaborate hoa
decorations but the brightly lighted and richly car
pe,ed corridors made setting for gay and spiendd
scene The dancing had been laid over the orches
fra seats and it formed surface OF 10000 square
feet of polished wood shining and slippery as wax ana
hard polishing could make it The stage was act with
garden scene and upon it arranged platform with
chairs and sofas. on which the mana
gers sat after the opening march. 1t was
sn excellent point from which viii ,ho to vs view
seated on the platform. with Their peautlu COS
TUNES cleaning Jewels ana Ssa i the scene The
double horseshoe OF boxes with their crimson ana goa
fittings were filled throughout the ball with richly
dressed ladies with their escorts and above and below
these in reserved seats In the orchestra or III le CAT
iees were orgs n hnm xere mersy spectators OF
The hrs, raests arrived about $50 o'clock Most OF the
boxhoiders and other guests who expected 10 take
part in the dancing first left their wraps IN
the rear OF each box and then FASTENED to the
where the line was already forming Tor inc
seemed to be everywhere. They were distinguished by
the little badges worn on their coat iapeis' anu
they were extremely helpful throughout the even
ing in welcoming the throng OF guests and in seeing
that the ball started successfully Once the dancing
was begun everything ran smoothly Ihe moor man
ayers were Captain Warren c. Beach chairman; lheo-
dore Moss senator James OILS j. Lawrence Asp
Ooihout J. E. Canldwell. r. de Peyster Foster j. Field
Howard Taylor. Lieutenant T. d. Greene. L. $. Al Cap
tain ". II. Wheeler u. s. A.; Howard Conking Alfred
MOORE. r. Richie Ward f Poits-Moore. ". +. Folsom,
Colonel Robert ELEPHANT, A. speir. b. Roberts Julins
Parsons, Arthur Peabody. Il. W. G. yelling Arthur
schermerhorn, Meredith Rowland W, Bond Emerson ,s
W X Draper W. f. d. Stokes. Phillip Ehineander. Hal
lett Van Nest Valentine Mott and James Duane Lyngs-
ton.
etarted the opening march and the long procession OF
couples headed by Levi r. Morton and Mrs Algernon
Levi p Morton followed. leaning the arm OF Major
General Sch0eld. while Mrs Oohout escorted ~ franc
man came next The other ladies leading the procession
were Mrs Alexander J. Leith Mira Franc Goddard Mrs
Van SANITY cord and Mrs. Charles Y. Chandler.
The first dance begun directly after the opening
march and then the dancing became general and was
when the last OF the twenty-five dances on the
card was reached. ..-.
The arrangements for the comfort OF the guests were
the first floor and those for the ladies were
On the floor above we, the sass sn reschsa Tine
managers had their dressing rooms on the hst oor on
the Thirty nnth-st. side and there was VINE room
from until the end Of the ball IN the TWO large
assembly the second floor which were entered
corridor and also through whit is known az inc
tea room" the latter being used AS reIreshment
and set with small round tables Inc super wa,
large tables each accommodating parties from TWO 10
twenty.
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